Been dead for years. Vita even gets more games.
I get the feeling the Wii U will never be a great collector's item. It's good for about 5 games and most of those games will get a better version on Switch.

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Bought a white Wii U 32GB from Nintendo's store on Ebay for $215 a few weeks ago.

Looks and feels new and came with Nintendo Land and Super Mario World 3D. Major reason I'd delayed so long is I wanted a 32GB white version. I almost pulled the trigger on the Skylanders 8GB white version, but glad I waited.

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If they did succeed, they wouldn't have been stuck with so much launch stock which could have allowed them to invest in shrinking parts. It would also likely have saved that chip factory that went bankrupt killing their delivery. I think Sony owns that one now.

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Almost bought a new one last week when my left analog stick started acting up. Decided to replace the analog stick in my Gamepad and look wait a bit on a new Wii U or one of the used Zombi U bundles. Maybe I should go ahead and try and find one soon or get a refurb from Nintendo.

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Highly recommend buying refurb from Nintendo. I bought one from there and it was either completely brand new or at the very least the shell for the system itself was brand new. My guess is that at this point they're all brand new.

Also cool is buying from them is the only way you can get a 32gb model in white. Definitely the way to go if you want a white one.

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Is it possible that Best Buy decided to pull all Nintendo systems from sale in order to make sure there's no confusion or plenty of availability Nintendo hardware since ... aren't they selling the NES Classic in limited quantities tomorrow?

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Is it possible that Best Buy decided to pull all Nintendo systems from sale in order to make sure there's no confusion or plenty of availability Nintendo hardware since ... aren't they selling the NES Classic in limited quantities tomorrow?

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Is it possible that Best Buy decided to pull all Nintendo systems from sale in order to make sure there's no confusion or plenty of availability Nintendo hardware since ... aren't they selling the NES Classic in limited quantities tomorrow?

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Seems to me that the recent announcements of cancelled WiiU versions of games makes a lot more sense now and Nintendo is going full original Xbox with the WiiU and trying to kill it as quickly as humanly possible.

I'd imagine their logic up until now has been that the Wii U is a dead platform, and it's better to make money on a trickle of consoles than to lose money on a fire sale. The Wii U just had to stay alive long enough to preserve their retail presence until the Switch came along.

So if you're Nintendo, you'd rather it go away quietly, and have the narrative be "Nintendo capitalizes on the frenzy around the NES Classic with new console!" instead of "Nintendo desperate to unload their failed Wii U console".

I'd love to be surprised, but I seriously doubt the price aggression of a company that's still selling New 3DS XLs for $199. If they couldn't cut costs years into the life of the Wii U to justify selling under $299, I'm gonna hazard a guess that they probably won't come in much lighter with a more powerful system with a much better controller screen.